Cash-register.



PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906.

W. P. BOCKHO'.

CASH REGISTER.

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' PATENTED'FEB, 6, 1906.

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PLIATOH FILED JAN. 19,

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WILLIAM F. BOUKHOPF, OF INDIANA PULIS. INDIANA, ASSlGNOR T NATlONAL (lASl'i REGISER (UirilANY`rr 0i" .lllitlolCY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A (IORPOHAIUN 'OF NEW JERSEY. i

CASH-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

f mienten Feb. 6,1906.

T0 arf/.7, whom, Lft www; concern:

Beit known that l, VVLLLIAM F. .Bomun'irrl a citizen of the United States, residing at lndiane olis, in the coun ty ol Marion and State of In iena, have invented a new and usel'ul Improvement in {lash-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class ci' cashrcgisters which have several independent 1o cash compartments or receptacles, and else relates to improvements connected with the so-called multiple counter type of register, and has-among its ob'ects to rovide irnprovedldevices connecte with t e exposure of the desired cash-receptacles, and also to provide certain interlocking devices between the amount-keys of the register and certain special keys in connection With the multiple counter and multiple-compartment irischenv zo isms. Y

V which normally prevents access to the cash within the com artment, and by means of' a series ofspecia keys any.desired compartment may be eX osed upon the operation of the machine en these saine special keys reof the series of indepen ent counters shall be actuated, these counters and cash-rece tacles being utilized for different clerks or erent Idepartinents or othern Wise, as desired, and b means of certain 1n 3 5 terlocking mechanism t e amount-keyswhieh are common to the plurality of counters unlock the s ecial clerk or department keys which pre eternine which counter or which lreceptacle is .to be utilized, and in addition a 4o vsofcalled f changeItey vis provided which when o erated performs the same functions `which t e amount-ke sordinarily performnarneiy, thatof imloe the special keyssothatno compartment-may be'exposed or the amount-keys or the c angeLkey have been A operated.. AThese particular improvements are shown'es ep'plied to the-type of vregister now Well known on 4the market underthe dese` 45e 1 atlon l"-I'allwood-i machine, Vwhich ymac n c-is shown `1n general prlnelple ofY operar.l

l tionv and censtrirctioninJ the following Letters 4 correspondingconnter oerated until either vcrateri means for smultaneansly '.-P-tent: :No: 570,141, dated october 27,1896

Vwhich counters cofmprisesetsle'egist No. 610,365, dated September G, 1898, and No. 610,14); dated September G, 1898, all `is sued te John il. McCormick, and also in Pat-I ents Nos. 704,795 and 704,796, dated July 15, 1902, end issued to Henry S. llallwood,.and reference n iay be made to these various patents for a complete description of the various details of the mechanism' shown in the accompanying drawings, as only so much of the eneral description will be given herein as is eerned necessary for a clear Understanding ofthe nature of the present iin rovenient's. It Will also be understood that t e -broad vinnentions which-'it is desired to claim herein ere equally applicable to any one of the forms of cash-registers now known theart.

With these and incidental objects 'in View the invention consists infcertain Vnovel features of construction andvcolnbinations of arts, the essential elements-of iirhch are s'et' orth in the ap ended -elairnsnrida `preferred 'form of embo finent of Wh'ielri's hereinafter s peciiea'lly described with-reference@ the swings which accompanyfand forIn-part of l`=uy u 1- Vi( .i

this specification.

Oi said drawings, vertical section of the ceshlre'gisterto which these im provernentsare epplied, "Fig 2 re' -s resents a similar sectionrfshoivingfthe'casdrawer open and one oie-tire' compartment till-covers held back to ei'ose fit'sfc'rnpartment. Fig. 3 re rescntss" erizontaisectien on the line 3 3 o Fig.V 1. Fig. i4rep res'en'ts a fragmentary detail vertieel'sectifon 'on 'the 'line 4 4 offiig. l, the fslseinack-ffor tliie'ca's'i-ivdrawer bein omitted. AFigf'repref'sents"en elevation o 'the left-handlside' fithe Inachine. Fig. 6 reresentsen elevaticn'of the rigl'itdland side 'o the machirief-"- Figyf represents a front elevation o tH-riiach11e,'and Fig. 8 represents Ae detail yxew of the compartments in thfnciinegj," As to the general COn'St'ri'tIQri-'f tir register as regards the cotrflf t actioniipon oneof the vari pertinent counters 10, flifiisnilf 39" litigareV 1 represents of the keylop-- ermittelt wheels mounted upon a central shaft 9, and

the control of these different counters is effected by means of the special ke 's A B C D, which may re resent different c erks or departments. he amount keys when depressed act as stops to limit the setting movement of certain segments which are connected with so-called auxiliary" ylokes, there being one auxiliar yoke for eac bank, and these auxiliary yo es are all restored to normal position by means of a main yoke 36, (see Fi 5,) which main yoke is lifted by means of a fever 27, which 1s enga ed by the cashdrawer 24, so that upon le closing movement of the cash-drawer the .rearward portion of the same will strike the lever 27 and raise the main yoke to restore all of the auxiliary yokes to normal upper position and at the same time effect the registration upon the proper counter. This registration is effected by means of actuating-p awls which engage various registerin -wheels of the counters 10 1U', &c., and tie register-actuatin awls for each counter are normally restraine om droppin by means of a two-armed lever 26, (see ig. 1,) there being a separate ytwo-armed lever of this kind for each of the different counters l0 10', &'c. The lower arm of each lever 26-coperates with a blocking-lever 18, pivoted loosely upon the transverse shaft 19, as shown in Fig. 1, the lever 18 comprisin an u Wardly-extending portion which blocks t e rotary movement of the lower arm of the lever 26, and the downward-extending portion of the lever 18 beirrg in thepath of its corresponding special key B, &c. Thus when anv one of these special keys is de ressed it will strike the lower portion of its ever 18 and rock the lower portion thereof out of the path of the downwardlyextending arm 26, and thus will ermit this arm to revolve and the rearwar ly-extending portion of the lever 26 to drop when the drawer is open, and thus the registeringpawls for this corresponding `counter will drop preparatory to registration u on the return movement of the drawer. his controlof the separate counters by corresponding special keys and the control of the amount of registration b the amount-keys is all old and set forth in etail in the above-enumerated patents. Y

In order to openthe cash-drawer u on the operation of'any one of the aforesai clerks keys A B, te., there is rovided a rocking bail 20, (see Figs. 1 andp 3,) which extends transversely in proximity to rearwardly-extending portions of the aforesaid levers 1S, 18', &c., so that the operation of any one of the clerk's keys will, by the rockin of the lever 18, also rock the bail 20 forwar and thus lift the downwardly-extending hooked orjection 21, the nose of which hok acts agamst a pin `projecting laterally from the -side of a sliding tmp-leverV 22 (see Fig.V 6) and acts till-covers.

of different cash-receptacles according to ther; clerks key operated will now be described, l the several cash-receptacles in the present instance comprising different compartments in a single cash-drawer. These compartments 49, A49', 49", and 49"' are formed in the cashdrawer 24 and are suitably separated by intervening partitions 50 and each compartment is covered by its corresponding till-cover or sliding plate 51, 51', 51", and 51"', respectively, and mounted in the drawer near its rearv-end and beneath the covers just mentioned is the false back 52, upon the rear side of which aseries of catches 53 53', &c., are mounted, one being mounted beneath the projecting rear end of each of the aforesaid Pivoted to the under side of each cover is a latch 54 54', &c. respectively, each of which is 'adapted to engage at its forward end with its res ective catch 53 53', &c., the arrangement eing such that when the'latch plositlon obtains the rearward movement of t e till-cover is impossible, and exposure of this compartment is thereby revented. Immediately over the rear en of each catch each cover is pierced by an opening 55, and over each opening is a verticallymovable pin 56 56', &c., res ectively, said pins being supported in suita le bearings 57 57', &c., carried by a stationary transverse shaft 58.

Pivoted on the shaft 58 and` near each pin 56 56', &c., is a bell-crank lever 59 59', &c.,re spectively, the horizontal arm of which lever l"engages lts corresponding in 56 while the other arm is connected by a ink 60 to its corresponding aforesaid lever 18 18', &c. The pin 56 is normal] held away from the cover 51 by any suitab e means, such as the spring- 61, and the upward movement of the pin 56 is limited by'lneans of the stud 62.` VFrom this construction it will be apparent that when any clerk depresses his proper key and the lever 18 is thereby rocked upon the shaft 19, as above described, the drawer 24 will be released in the manner set forth and at the same time the link 60 rocks the bell-crank lever 59 corresponding thereto in such manner as to cause the corresponding pin 56 to be forced through the aperture 55 of its till-cover, and thereby de ress the rearward end of the corres ending atch 54,and thus release the latch om engagement with its catch 53, sp that upon the opening movement of the dr'awer the till-cover Acorresponding to this IOO IIO

th ka? ei) s as S W be fammi upm; Lu curre- Y mak the shaft 13 te@ as heieby to s e rapping 0?: unhwking ai a of the W 114 in the :mimi bed, L nmuunt key@E The im, posa iwf-.imi keys mi posimn are provided,

Sn A Spring 14"D keys, interlocking devices 4S (see Figs 3 and '1i are provided, which permit only one key to be depressed at a time; but both these `key-latchinilr devices and key-stop devices are old and r o not constitute part ol' the present invention, and therefore will not be further described. l

The change-key will now be described. This key, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7, is situated at the right of the set ol' clerks keys and is similar' in general construction to the clerks keys, having a pin 17 (see Figs. 3 and 6) Cprojecting laterally from the change-key an engaging a curved arm 16, which is fast to the aforesaid rock-shaft 13, so that when the change-key is depressed the pin 1T in riding over the curved arm 16 will rock the shaft 13 in the same direction that the amount-keys would rock it, and thereby will rock all of the aforesaid clerks-keys pawls downward, and tlireby unlock the clerks keys in dependentl', of the amount-keys.

Frein Fig. 3 it will he apparent that the change-key does not have any rock-lever 1S in the 'rear of the same, and therefore does not operate the bail 2U to unlock the drawer, so that the only oflice of the change-ke y is to unlock the initial keys, and then the partielllar clerk who makes change must operate his particular ke to expose his corresponding cash-reeeptaclh.

For the purpose of rocking the shaft 13 at the end of the operation of the machine whe reb r to release the latches for the various clerks" teys the mechanism shown in Fig, 5 is provided, comprising an arm 30, extending downward from and fast to said shaft and attached at its lower end to a link 31, which extends backward to a crank-arm 31a, fast to a swinging frame 32. Secured to the forward end of the frame 32 is a link 33, which is attached at the middle portion of a lever 34, ivoted to the side frame of the machine at its forward end and at its rearward end arranged to be engaged by a trip-lever 35, carried by the aforesaid main yoke 36. When the main oke drops upon the opening of the drawer, t e trip-lever 35 rides idly by the lever 34; but upon the raising ofthe main yoke.

when the drawer is closed the trip-lever 35 engages :the lever 34 at the extremity of the closing movement of the drawer and lifts said lever, so as thereby to cause the swinging frame 32 to be rocked, and thus through the crank-arm 31 and link 31 rock the shaft. 30 in such manner as to cause the aforesaid pins 29 to engage their respective latch-pawls 28, and thus release the particular clerks key which was depressed. Prior to this release of the clerks keys the amount-keys are of course also released in a well-known manner the end of the operation of the machine. All of this mechanism for the release of the ClerksI keys and amount-keys is old and does not constitute part of the present invention.

A special indicator 38 (see Figs. 1 and 2) is provided, which indicates which clerks key was depressed. This indicator operated by means of a segmental rack 39, carried by a shaft 40, which shaft carries a series of arms 41. To each arm 41 is secured one end of a link 42, the free end of which has a slotted engagement with its corresponding counter controlling-lever 26, the arrangement being such that when any one of'tlic levers 26 has been released hy the operation of its corresponding clerk's key in the manner already set forth the dropping movement of the lever 26 acts through the link 4Z to rock the shaft 40 and segment 39 differentially to set the indicator to position corresponding to thei clerks key depressed. The normal position of the indicator is at change position, and the indicator is held in operated position by means of a dog 43. engaging tl'ieratehet L14, carried upon the side of the indicator. The dog 43 is fast to a shaft 4:3, which is connected to a lever 46, which carried downward and is pivotally attached to the aforesaid tripping-lever 22, (sce Fig. 6,) so that upon the operation of any clerks key when said tripping-lever is raised at the time the drawer-latch is operated the tripping-lever will he acted upon by its spring 22 to draw the lever backward, and thereby, through the lever 46,1ock the shaft 45 and release the special indicator, and upon the return movement of the drawer the lever 222 is again operated to cause the pawi 43 to engage its indicator. However, this particular mechanism is also old and constitutes no part of thepresent invention, and therefore will not be further described.

While the form of mechanism here shown and described is admirably adapted to ful'lil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the one f orxn of embodiment herein disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

1. In a cash register, the combination `with a framework, and a sliding drawer therein having separate compartments, of a sliding cover-plate for eachl of said compartments.; mechanism whereby the opening of the drawer results in the cover-plate of one of said compartments moving outward with the. drawer and the cover-plate of the remaining compartment remaining in its inner position; and independent means common to all of said cover-plates for simultaneously exposing all of said compartments upon the opening of the drawer.

2. l n a cash register, the combination with a movable money-repositor divided into compartments and designed to he moved IIO to open esiten et each eretiel; e? the mechine, o gueriliiig riermelly closing usmi-d cempertmeets and ei'lg'iieteble no expese the same singly when alie repestery is opened; selective maupeleting devices for the machine allowed te ilie dirent eempairtments wh prmsioris For eutometieell determining wiieh une el' the seme shell lie exposed in operation of die registierg fl means te all e? geen iilgmeei for eeeting the expeeure e' ell ef eid eem pertmeete viper 'die @pei-ei ien el he register,

3. le e eesi register the eembineiei with. e. sliding meneyrepositery divided inte compartments, of sepa rete covers 'fer the eompertmenes'; means fer leekiw the geve g selective meiipuleirig 7Tevieee l*lier the e3 Chine wil; prf-vrieions for unlocking e; cover te predeteriine Wlleli empa shall be exposed when the repesitery e to open pesitien iii :my operation of fle re achine; and means commen te all of seid envers for simuleneeiisly unleelieg ell ef the -seme te expose all ef the compartments: upon the eteridafe epereiie of the machine.

4. In e cash register, the eombineten with a. drewer divided into a. series ef seperate compartments, ef a series ondependen eev ers therefor; a series of iudepeiulent1 plus erranged each to engage one ef sai Cerere; andnmeens for tlirewiigg ell of seid pies ,into engagement with their @evers whereby all ef the compartiments may be simultaneeiiely uncovered.

5. n e eesh "gister, the eemlriiieiim with e pureliy ef receptacles, of'e pliirsif of registering; mmimiisms; e series ef 59eme! keys Vfor predeteriiiiiiiiig which reeeiieele shell be exposed and fur eenrelling the egr" Lien 0f the eereepemlieb egistering nivelleamism; a series el armeni-keysemmmi Le ell el Seid registering meelienisms; and inter locking ineens beweer@ sai id emeun t-keys :mi Said special keys.

6. In e, cash register, the eouibinetieu with e piireiiy of rem cles, of e, pllrel ef reg' iwi-ing infelieiiisiii i series @i559 e -er piedeiermriing which reeeptzeeie sl Y fxpesed and fer centrelling the epi. eieu el rire corresponding registeriigrie einem; e. series ef emeunbkeys commen all of seid regist-eriiil` mechanisms; and leeking means fer the special keys eetrolleil bj; seid aliment-ke Y n a eesh registe the eemV Y with e plurality of recept/aisles, of e plil'raitjf of' registering mechanisms; e series efepeeel key ier preileterinining 'Wiel re shell leexpeeef end for eenirellig 3e (iperetiien of the eerrespenirig vregisterirlgmeehainism; e series of emeunblieye eereri te all 0f said registering mechanisms; interlocking means between seid emeuntmkes mid said special keys; and en auxiliary eyer disabling seid iuterleeiiiig ineens.

in la, register, the eenbiietien Y u it; e? reeepeelee, el e plurality ser-ig ieelienisms; e series ef special fer predetermining which reeepteele be esed and for eentreliing the oper- Fee eerrespouding registering mecheeries ef amount-keys common to v registering rnechenisineg ineens for s il special keys until eee ei: lf-:eid es has been operetei; eed euxlei key for operating sei leek ind- Q' the emeenekev e cash regiser, eemieineiion wh e cash-drawer divicedinte e series of eemperements, a series 'of (severe fer said Liient'e, e series of registering meeherresponding te eei eempertments, e ef amount-keys eemmer te seid reg- ,.eg meelmnsi'us, eral e series of special keys for predetermieng which compartment shell lie exposed and for eentrolling the oper ation el the eerresponding registering meel1- :mismg of means for locking seid special keys until one 0i' said en'leunt-keys has been opereeii; eed en elixiiiery specie] key er'dieebling said leek and permitting the exposure el any desired compartment without the et teident opereien e? any registering meehl-DS'X.

iii. ln cash-register, the vom with e, sliding i'rewir having seperate cern permenss iii' e. sifiii'ig rever-plete ier eeh of seid eurpermeiis; e series 0f speeiel keys ier preif'liferiiiiiiirig Whieli compartment she-il be expose-fl' Hacking lever pivemi in proxi215' Y l of enrli spefiel key; e plim- 'eii over the rear end el each f ie engage en aperture formell n meer a latch for euch cere file? i me; iie plete te [lie cash-iifewer enel i in proximity to seid aperture so :is i ey seifl plunger Le Lmleeh said om the eesli-ilrewer; and inere eenneetions between leid plunger for lereieg seid pienger iid aperture earl -riipeg eeid latch eeen the operation ef he eorrespending special il. le eesh-regisierI the embinet-ion wiel] a sliding; drawer heving seperate eemmeente, nf e sliding @ever-plate fer each el eeid com pertinents g e series ef special keys fer predeterminn which eempettment shell be exposed; e rec ing lever pirated in proxirnj; te lie ei spefiel key; e plunger pnsiiened ever the rear end of eeeh @ever-plete te en aperture formed in seid. egwebplee; e leeli ier eavll cover-plete 'irc-r le ifi-hing lie plate te the rash-drawer and pesiueimi iii preziimjy te said aperture se as to be engaged lijf seid plunger ifo unlateh seid cover-piet,

rem the wesh-druiven intermediate venrugfiftens bet-Ween seid rmking leer :mil sei-i giunver for i'ereing seid plunger thrmigh seid epertiilre mid tripping seid leeli ICO IOS

upon the operation el the corresponding speeial key; and a drawer-latch having an operating member extendingr into position to he engaged and operated by any one of said rock-levers upon the operation of any one of the special keys.

12. In a cash-register, the combination with a slidingr drawer having separate coinpartmentsY of a sliding cover-plate for each of said compartments; a series of special keys for predeterlnining which eonipartnient shall be exposed; a rocking lever pivoted in proximity to the end of each special key; a plunger positioned over the rear end of each cover-plate to engage an aperture formed in said cover-plate; a latch for each cover-plate for latehing the plate to the rash-drawer and positioned in proximity to said aperture so as to be engaged by said plunger to unlatch said cover-plate from the cash-drawer intern1ediate connections between said rocking lever and said plunger for forcing said plunger through said aperture and tripping said latch upon the operation of the corresponding special key; and a common rock-shaft having` arms attached thereto for sinlultanimusly operating all of said intermediate connections to Carry all of said plungers through said apertures.

13. In a cash-register, the combination with a plurality of receptacles; of a series of special keys for predeterminingr which receptacle shall be exposed ;.locking means for normally locking said special keys; a series of amount-keys with Connections 'or operatingr said locking: means to unlock said special keys; and an auxiliary key for operating said looking means to release said special keys independently of said amount-keys.

14. 1n a rash-register7 the combination with a eashdrawer divided into a series of compartments, of a series of clerks keys for predetermining which compartment shall be exposed; locking means for normally locking said clerks keys; a series o1 amount-keys with connections for unlockingy said clerks' keys; means connected with said clerks' keys for unloeking said cash-drawer; and a change key and connections for unloekinpr said clerks" keys independently of said amount-keys.

15. In a cash-register, the 'combination with a plurality of cash-receptaeles, ol a series of special keys for predeterlnining which receptacle shall be exposed a rock-shaft carryinglr pawls for normally lockingl said Special keys; a series of amount-keys; Connections between said amount-keys and said roekshalt for unlocking said pawls upon the operation of any amouiit-key; and an auxiliary key and connections for rocking said shaft il'idependently of said amount-keys whereby to unlock said special keys.

WILLIAM F. BOOKHOFF.

Vitnesse/s:

ARTHUR M. Hoon; FRANK A. FALELn. 

